The Sun. — London, England, 1838-01-25 00:00:00

WITH WHICH " THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1838. Several Tory dinners have taken place within the week in various parts of the country ; and among them we may mention one which was given on Wednesday last to the Hon. BOOTLE WILBRAHAM (whose very name is music) by his friends and supporters in 1.1 . 1 - 2 1 . - ,01- land. At this dinner the Hon. Member spal. - 0 , in very sounding and lofty terms, of the vast sr.crificcs which, as a patriot of true Roman mould, h e was making for his country. " I feel bound" quoth he, "to give my best services to this cour4. And I do so, although the task to me is an e - ,lceedingly irksome and unpleasant one; for besides 111 e labour consequent on my attend ance on my - f;arliamentary duties, it requires a continu ous resid'..:nce in London ; and for one not fond of the metropolis, to be kept six months of the year there, is no small sacrifice ; but I do it for the benefit of this county, and I trust, in some degree for the good of the country at large." This is handsome—this is true, unleavened patriotism. To stay six months in London for the good of one's country ! Who after a sacrifice like this, shall say that sterling patriots are not to be found among the Tories? Mr. BOOTLE WILBRAHAM --we love to linger on this euphonious appellative—is a perfect HA mppEst. Though he entertains an in vincible dislike to the metropolis, yet as the welfare of his fellow -countrymen demands that he stay six months there, he makes the solemn sacrifice without a murmur. Generous, high-minded man I Why is there no talk of a public monument to commemmorate such ineffable pa triotism ? Shall a Tory WELLINGTON be rewarded with a statue, and a Tory WILBRAHAM descend un noticed to his grave ? In the sacred name of that gnardiaa deity of Britain, who figures with a trident in her hand on the reverse side of a penny-piece, we protest against such crying injustice I Think what it is to stay six months in London against one's inclination-- to be compelled to hear, night after night, the drowsy speeches of Tory Members, when a BORTIIWICK is in excellent wind, and a D'IsaAELI unusually copious and enigmatical—think, we say, of all this, and learn to assess at its proper value the patriotism of that states man who, for the good of his country, can risk such alarming contingencies. Mark, too, the meek modesty of Mr. WILBRAHAM I He is by no means positive that his six months' residence in London will be of advantage to his country ; he only " trusts" it may be so. Trust, indeed I—why, he might be sure of it, for it is a "moral impossible"--as Tabitha Bramble would sr,y—that such a statesman can stay six months in the metropolis without bettering the whole frame work of society. The speech of the Rev. Mr. MACKENZIE, which was made at the same dinner, and followed Mr. BOOTLE WILBRAHAM'S, if not characterized by the latter's modest and patriotic spirit, possessed peculiari ties, in their way, equally impressive. It was replete throughout with indignant vituperation—such as falls with peculiar propriety from the lips of a 'Minister of religion--and exuberant, though somewhat cloudy and mysterious, fancy. After apostrophizing the church in a style that wanted nothing of poetry but its good sense, the reverend gentleman went on to observe, •' this heavenly treasure you are determined to preserve untouched ; to transmit to your children's children ; to generations yet unborn. You will not permit the moth and rust of voluntaryism to corrupt it. You will not allow the irreligious thieves, sacrilegious robbers, blas phemous plunderers, and diabolical destroyers to break tht ough, and steal, and destroy it." Mercy on us, what intense sarcasm is here ! Why, JUNIUS is a mere old woman compared with MACKENZIE! But this is by no means the daintiest portion of the par son's speech. When he comes to describe what he calls " a tremendous tragedy"—that is to say, an army of Godless Liberals marching up hill under the ban ners of Popery and infidelity, to assault the churches of England and Scotland, which are situated on the " high eminence of their vantage ground," in order to " throw them over the precipices"—we quote Mr. MACKENZIE'S own words—" into the valley below, full of dragons and tigers, lions, hears, serpents, and scorpions, that they may be devoured and destroyed for ever ;"---when the rev. gentleman comes to describe this " tremendous tragedy" of hungry wild beasts " devouring " churches, which the Liberals throw to them by way of luncheon, we suppose, his Imrination takes so lofty a flight, and hurries on with ouch headlong speed, that it fairly distances reason, and " panting sense toils after it in vain !" Imagine, indeed% Lord MELBOURNE standing on the top of a hill % and flinging down a church or two, bells, steeple, chancel and all, to a ravenous lion in " the valley be low; while O'CONNELL throws, from the same eminence, St. Paul's cathedral to a " tiger ;" ar►d Lord JOHN RUSSELL accommodates the sto rti4eh of a " scorpion " with Westminster Abbey ! Of a verity, this would be giving a " heavy blow and a great discousage:nent" to Protestantism ; es pecially if after throwing a church to a lion, Lord MELBOURNE were to take it into his unapostolic head to throw a bishop after it I But Mr. MACKENZIE need not be apprehensive. The bishops are safe, and so are the churches—his fears, therefore, are altogether superfluous. - Having closed the fifth act of his " tremendous tragedy "—which, by the bye, bears a strong resem blance to a dull farce—the rev. speaker next pro ceeds to tell us that a sixth act is forthcoming. " Restrain your feelings, gentlemen," he observed, " we have not yet come to the climax. I see," he continued—indulging in that fine faculty of second sight, by no means uncommon with gentlemen after dinner----" I see the departed ghosts of ROBESPIERRE., of ROUSSEAU, f - VOLTAIRE, of BOLINGBROKE,and Ton PAINE, at the bottom of the valley ascrind;:n g the hill, a swarm of infernal locusts, possession of its summits." Qutt!ionless, this is a terrific pic ture ; but %s the locusts are already in fail possession of the churches at the top of the hill, we do not see how they can, with any propriety, be represented as clambering up to the assault. But enough of Mr. MACKENZIE and his speech, which is so insufferably stupid-and bombastic, so full of " sounding brass.," and so stuffed with rhodomontade conceits, that it rc sembles nothing so much as prose in a state of in sanity; and would therefore not have been noticed by us, had we not wished to show what sorry exhibitions Fury parsons can consent to make of themselves, when they think it is for the interest of the cloth that they should talk nonsense. No class is more interested than the Operativt s themselves in the inquiry which Mr. WA R LEY is about to institute respecting the Cotton Spinners' Asso ciation at Glasgow. Late events have forced on such an enquiry ; the trAgical deeds committed in Dublin and Glasgow have already affixed a stigma on these Asso ciations, and call upon every honest member to lend his aid in screening the innocent, and in proving to the public who are the miscreants that disgrace the British name. The task has been properly undertaken by the Hon. Member for Finsbury. He has stood forward more prominently than any other in the House of Commons as the representative of the Working Classes ; and while he will do his duty in investigating the charges that have been brought against them, he will not be liable to any suspicion of bias, such as might have been entertained, had the subject been taken up by a member of the Government, or a mas ter manufacturer, or even by Mr. O'CONNELL him self. It must be an inquiry however that will satisfy all interested—that is the whole community. A system of illegal combination is alike injurious to the master and the workman ; and any disclosures which can have the effect of con vincing those in error as to their real welfare, or of displaying the mischief which it entails more immediately upon the artisan, must be regarded as an inestimable blessing. In no country has the system been more injurious than in Ireland, and it is lamen table to find when that part of the kingdom is restored to a gate of peace and security, and when men of ca pital were preparing to establish manufactures there, that they should be again deterred by combination similar to those which have destroyed so many establish. ments in that country. It is well known that in several instances Englishmen have been obliged to withdraw capital which they had embarked in works in Ireland, because the natives combined against the English workmen necessary to carry their plans into effect—and thousands that might have lived com fortably have been forced to beg, or what is nearly as bad, work for fourpence a day. The conduct of the Spittalfields' Silk-weavers brought about nearly the same result in this country, and such it will be every where until an universal system of combination is established. But what rational being can ex pect to see such an Utopian scheme realized ? Particular interests would prevent a General Union. If manufactures were banished from England, they would spring up on the Continent, or in the United States, or in China ; and would this benefit one out of a thousand operatives that are now employed ? But even admitting that unions may be made beneficial, no man, who con sults his own welfare, much less any good citizen, can stand up in defence of combinations, based on intimidation, violence, and murder. The great body of operatives in this country talk with horror on the crimes which have been committed lately, and which have been imputed to the agents of such associations as those established in Ireland and Scotland, and they ' will be rojoiced to learn that Mr. WA KL EY has taken up their cause. Notwithstanding the uproar with which the late meeting at Dublin broke up, it is gra tifying to find that the following resolution was unani mously agreed to : Resolved—That we have beheld with grief and indignation a system of illegal combination pervade several of the trades and many of the working classes of this city, and we de plore the existence of such a system the more, because it in volves not only a direct and avowed breach of the law, but its obvious tendencies have been and are to diminish work, to drive away capital, and to lessen the amount of employment and of wages to workmen of all descriptions." ,- .4' er - P . ..:0 _ , ... %!.. 4 % ' A l' . • ••• • =Sr ..- - t)7 4 it t f 4.. t .J.. 0 • .., ~i ' . .t• ... 4 .-...-. )ImO NAILS. All 4 .ved. Due.' Arrived. Due. 110 AilleriCA 0 0 Franc , .... ...... 1 4 0 Brazil ... '0 Buenos Ayres 0 0 Hamburg 2 0 Carthagena....... 0 0 Holland ...... . 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The publication of THE SUN NawSPAPHR commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2 3; is 34 .... ~ ~.._<r.~:~ LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY DEAL, JAN. 24. —Wind E.N.F.., blowing very strong.--A steamer ar rived this afternoon from the westward and remains. The Sir Archibald Campbell lost an anchor and cable yesterday, and was supplied again last night, and remains with the Didon. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 23.—Wind E. to E.S.E.—Arrived, the Index, Gill, from Messina; Plym, David, from Jamaica; Venetia, Andrews, from Constantinople; Surprise, Harvey, from Naples; Letitia, Suatridge, from Patras, with loss of forv-yard, bulwarks, &c.; Mary Ann, Budd, from Seville : Regent, Turpire, from Waterford, with loss of bowsprit, forestay, &c. ; Emerald, Byers, from Limerick. Sailed, Juno (steamer) for London. FaLmourrt, JAN. 23.—Arrived the Thomas Moulder, from Odessa Clarence, Cox, from Sr. Michael's, Sailed, the Braganza (steamer; for London. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 24.—Wind E.S.E. fine, blowing hard.—Arrived the Calpe (steamer), Cox, from Gibraltar; Eclipse (steamer) Russell, Dartmouth ; Juno, (steamer) Moriarty, from Cork ; the Earl Spencer, Button, for Bristol. The Napoleon, Childs, from London for Africa, which arrived here on the 2d inst., was docked today, and surveyed, when it was found necessary to strip the copper off and caulk her, being much strained, in consequence of the pilot having improperly berthed her in Cowes harbour, and not being on shore off Cowes, as reported, on the 21st. Passed by, the David Lyon, Selby, and David Webster, Store, from London. OFF THE WIGIIT.—The Hampshire, Semperley, from Messina. DARTMOUTH, JAN. 2.4.—Arrived the Patriot, Nicholls, from Denla, LIVERPOOL, JAN. 2.t.—Wind E. to S.E., very fresh,—Arrived the Dash, Brocklebank, from Pernambuco, sailed Dec. 8, ; Leopold 1., An twerp. Off Port.—North America, from New York; the Lady East, from Bombay ; the Lama, from Campeachy. Sailed the Independence, for New York; the Solon, Wood, for do.; the Countess Lotisdale, Groom, for Havanna]) ; the Thomas Bennett, Hague, for Charleston ; the Hopkinson, Stephens, for Bombay; the Lord Glenelg, Simpson, for Lisbon ; the Anne and Jane, for Berblce ; the Crusaders, for Bombay ; the Tallyho, King, for Constantinople; the Mercury, Smit, fruln Ibrail, put into Falmouth, very 1, aky, bound to Antwerp. GRAVESEND, PiN 24.—1 t has blown a severe gale all day at E.N.E., and continttet. The Autumn, Dove, sailed hence for Sunderland on the 22d inst., rut back to-day, having lost two anchors, and chains in the Sweyne, and ran on shore below the Canal. HULL, JAN. 24.—A heavy gale from the Eastward during the night which still continues (10 a.m,) The Hope, Dickens, bound to Shields was get Off the Spurn yesterday, and hfts arrived here. LOCHINDAUL, JAN. 29..—Art1ved Lydia, Edginton, from Jamaica. The Europe from St. Domingo, put into Plymouth, lts,ky, and must di.thittge, bound to Havre. itie Rcparatcur, Domigny, fr un Chnrtnte to Liverpool, is stranded near Kinsale, and much damaged; crew saved. The Ann and Elizabeth, Lewes, from Cork to Cardiff is on shore near Wexford, The Glasgow, 111`Gad, from Glasgow to Limerick, is on shore near Belmullet, and must discharge. The Mary, Adams, from Dunkirk, put into Harwich, leaky, bound to Yarmouth. ERRATA.—The petition presented to the House ol Lords by Lord Brougham on Tuesday night, '• For the Amend ment of the Law between Debtor and Creditor," was from Mr. Richard Bottrell, and not Cotterell, as reported in The Sun ol yesterday. UNION-HALL JUSTICE.—In reference to certain proceedings which took place last Friday at the Union-hall police-office, to which our attention has been directed by a correspondent, we have no hesitation in declaring our opinion of the manifest impolicy, the gross injustice, and glaring incon sistency of a Magistrate pronouncing men guiltless of the of fence with which they had been charged, and yet at the same time, and in the selfsame breath, inflicting on the men thus falsely charged, and dragged to the bar of justice, a pecuniary fine or costs in the shape of fees. Nor could we find terms strong enough to express our indignation and disgust if we found the poor men judicially declared ♦oid of offence, and against whop► nothing could be proved, actually thrown into a jail, be cause they were unable or unwilling to submit to the payment of such fine or fees. But we apprehend that into the case in ques tion some misapprehension or inaccuracy must have entered. The administration of justice in this country is perhaps the least questionable blessing of the possession of which Britain can rightly boast. The man who threw himself from the top of the tower of Notre Dame a few days ago did so in the presence of an Englishman and of the bell-ringer, who were on the plat. form at the top. The ringer had gone up at four o'clock to summon the visitors to descend, which they all did, except the English visitor and the unfortunate man in question. The latter walked twice round the platform, and then got astride of the balustrade, leaning over in a fearful manner. The ringer warned him of his danger, and caught hold of his blouse, but he could not prevent him falling. HO UST OF LORDS.-(TITT, Tf.„1.7.) 'lilt 'dense sat to-eay to hear appeals, Th'e tort!s present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lind coley, and the Bi,hop of Hereford, STEWART Y, otaspx. ~ This case came before their Lordship& lltiOn appeal the it►dg. ments of the Lord Orditiall and tht COutt Of Sestion; declating that the appellant Was not entitled to Certain idniPerisiOion which he sought with reaped to it ship Catlett the Washington. The facts Of the east appeared, from the statinients of the ArroiiNtOi. GENERAt, to be as follows:—In the year Mr. Gibson, a partner in the house of William diaon intt eb„ formed an adventure t) the coast of Africa fA steal In slaves; for that purpose an American vessel, the came of Washington, was employed. Vartotti het•. sons were concerned in the adventure, iind Messrs. Gibson and Company had certain shaft* 1 and Mr. Stewart, the appellant, La came a shoirchohlet 15 the extent of onr.eighth ; and he was also to manage the Ship. The vessel sailed f , r Africa, and WAR there and elithlZinned. Upon ths taking place the respondents brought an attion against the appellant for his share of the loss, and that was de cided against the appellant. The appel!ant then brought his case be fore the Court of Session, and the same result followed; and from that deci. sion the present appeal was brought, The ATTORNET-GENERAt , wet hard on T, esday last on behalf of the appellant, and Sir Wst. V•OLLErr followed on the same side to-day, s. s _ . Mr. Tttstshl - (with whom was Dr. Lushington) was addressing their Imtdihips on behalf of the respondent when our reporter left. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Phis was motion day. AFFInA.Vir Ol`FIcE. Mr. KINPPIIIILtY was about to move that n party might be restrained from prtceeding, as next friend of 'an infant plaintiff, with the suit, when he was interrupted by A Gentleman behind the bar, who requested the motion might stand over, on the Fround that the affidivits in support of the motion were n filesi till the day before yesterday, and that his client (the defendant) ha I not boon able to obtain copies of them. Mr. KINDERSLEY said if that were the case he could not object to the motion standing over. Lord LANGDALE-1 have every reason to think great diligence is used in the Affidavit Office, to give copies of affidavits. As this is con sented to, I shall allow the motion to stand over; but after the inquiry I had occasion to make a short time ago, I am slow to listen to the abe. gation, that the parties cannot get copies of affidavits in due time. PERRY V. WALKER. The Court was occupied the remainder of the morning in hearing a motion made by the plaintiff in this case, suing in forma paupers, for the inspection of a mortgage deed, which, after hearing with exemplary patience, the plaintiff having frequently wandered into extraneous mat. ter, the Master of the Rolls refused. There being no other motion before the Court, his Lordship rose at one o'clock. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) GIBBONS N. PRICR AND ♦NOTIIER. In this case an injection was granted a short time ago to restrain Mr. Price, regimental agent, from paying to Charles Primrose the amount produced by the sale of a commission in the 3iith Regiment of Foot. Mr. lixranT Bence now moved to dissolve the injunction, on the ground that the plaintiff had been guilty of fraud, and was not entitled to relief. Mr. GLASS followed on the same side. Mr. JACOB (with whom was Mr. BAGSII/W) then proceeded to address his Honour in support of the injunction, and was lefi, speaking. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS -DAY.) OLIRLY V. DUNBAR. This was an action upon a policy of insurance, tried before Lord Denman at the London sittings, in which a verdict was had for the plaintiff. A rule for a new trial had been subsequently obtained, on the ground of the verdict having been aga'nst evidence. Sir W. Follett and Mr. Alexander having been yesterday heard against the rule, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL (with whom was Mr. Maule) now appeared in support of the rule absolute, reminding the Court that not less than 56 actions depended upon its decision in the present case. It appeared that the steam-ship the Pylades, upon which the insurance had be.n effected to the amount of 27,0001., by the Netherlands Steam Corn. pany, to whom she belonged, had been originally built in 1827. She was then sold to the Dutch Government along with another ship, the Orestes, built by the same Company. Having been found unserviceable by the Dutch Government, from being infected with the dry-rot, she was put up to auction, and again purchased by the Netherlands Steam Company. They repaired her fully, and she was again launched in December, 1833, for another destination. That history which so materially affected the character of the Pylades had been concealed from the underwriters in London, when the applica tion was made to effect a policy of insurance upon the ♦essel. The letter of Van Hobbican and Co., the plaintiff's agents, to the broker in London, dated December 2, 1834, contained these words—" she is quite new, having been run off the stocks last winter ;" and in a subsequent letter, of the 9th of December, after repeating that statement, it was added, " this description and statement appear to us to make this a very desirable risk for the underwriters." The insurance was effected, and the vessel sailed on her voyage from Rotterdam to Java in the beginning of January. She proceeded down the river, crossed the bar, and al though there was no wind, and nothing more than the ordinary swell, she immediately began to leak from various quarters, and the engine which was capable of discharging three tons of water per minute, being unable to keep her free, she sunk. The Learned Counsel proceeded to show from the evidence of the wit. news at the trial, that the representation that the vessel was " quite new" was false—several of the plaintiff's witnesses having admitted that part of the timbers, frame work, and deck of the old Pylades remained, when she was hauled up in August, 1833 ; and although there was no evidence of fraud, it was quite clear that there was such a false repre sentation as vitiated the insurance. For the defence five of the car penters and shipwrights who had worked upon the Pylades when she had been thus repaired, deposed that all the timber infected with the dry_ rot had been removed—that she had been screwed up from stem to stern for the purpose of altering her curvature, and nothing was more pro bable than that when she was subjected to the swell of the sea, she settled back to her original shape, by which her frame-work was loosened, and hence the general leaking and subsequent loss of the vessel. Looking at the large sum of 27,0001. which the decision of the Court involved, he submitted that he had established sufficient grounds from misrepresentations and unseaworthiness to entitle him to a new trial. The case Is likely to occupy the Court a considerable time. BAIL COURT-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice PArrrsoN.) I111;XICIPAL CORPORATION ACT. Mr. ALEXANDER moved for a certiorari to bring into this Court an order of the Court of Sessions at Worcester. It appeared that a person named Baylis, who was Town Clerk of the Borough of Evcsham, had contumaciously refused to deliver up certain papers belonging to the Corporation, for which they summoned him before a Magistrate, by whom he was committed to Worcester gaol; the course of pro. seeding directed in such cases by the provisions of the 7Alunicipal Corporation Act. The defendant treated his commitment as a summary conviction, and accordingly appealed against it. It would be found on reference to the 101st clause of the Act that an a ppeal lay only from a summary conviction, a n d no t f rom a commitmen t, and as the commitment was not before th e C ourt of Quarter Sess i on s, they hat no right to interfere. The magistrates, however, treated the mu; mitment as a conviction, quashed it, and re:eased Mr. Baylis. The Learned Gentleman submitted that as the magistrates had no record before them, they had nothing I. act upon, and consequently that the whole proceeding was illegal. COURT—Take a rule to chew cause. On the motion of Mr. ALEXANDER, a similar rule was granted in the case of Kniglit, the town crier. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY ) GATCLIFFE V. DOURO. In this case an action was tried before Lord Chief Justice Tindal, in which a nonsuit was entered, on the ground that certain Irish bills of lading given in evidence by the plai ntiff were not receivable, as they were unstamped. The plaintiff then moved for a new trial, contending that though by the Irish stamp law, unstamped bills of lading were not receivable in evidence in Irish Courts of Law, in the English Courts they were. On the part of the defendant it was maintained, that documents of any kind, not valid in the country in which they were drawn, could trot be considered so in any other country. The COURT appearing to incline to the view taken by the plaintiff, it was agreed that a new trial should take place Costs reserved. BUSY-STREET-(THIS DAY•) BELL Itixot No.—John Culler, a law student, was charged with ring vig..- i ng the b e ll s w ith great v i olence, at a private house in Little Queen -street. It appeared from the st a t ement o f t h e proprietor of the house , that at three o'clock this morning he h ear d th e b ells ring, which at fi rs t induced him to think his premises were on fi re. H e got up, an d l oo king out of the drawing-room window, was surpri se d t o fi nd that he h a d been tricked by some person passing by; and he had only just laid his head on his pillow when he heard another ringing, but found, on going again to the window, the prisoner in custody. In ttn4wer to the charge, the prisoner declared his ignorance of what he was about, for he had dined in Russell-square, and must have taken too much wine, for he thousht the, house at which he rung the bell was the same in which h e res id e d . • The complainant s At the suggestion of the Magistrate, said he was wtlliti4 ni3l; to pfeis the charge, provided the prisoner would pay a small initn Oat* the relief of the poor ; and as the poor of the parish in which the offence was committed were best entitled to the fine, he hoped it would be applied to their use. Mr. Mtrrsin,u, *aid he was disposed to hold the prisoner to bail, as the offence Was one which ought to be punished ; however, if he could satisfy the Complainant, there was no objection on his part The prisoner, after conferring with the complainant, paid 102 for the poor, and was discharged. Yesterday morning at an early hour there was a great sensation among the residents of Lewisham by a report that a man had been frozen to death. It appears that the unfortunate ,creature was found in a field by the road-side; his limbs were frozen, and he appeared to have been dead several hoot a. There was nothing found on the person of the deceased likely to lead to his identity, but from his appear. ance it is believed he has suffered extreme distress, and been starved. We have reason to believe that her Majesty intends visiting Brighton in the early part of next summer, and that the Royal Yacht is to be off the coast during her Majesty's stay. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence has recently been reap pointed to the command of this beautiful vessel.—Brighton Guardian. GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK.— The fires in pits, stoves, and conservatories, must not be left a single hour. In the conservatories and greenhouses the glass `must not be allowed to be lower than 40 deg. In storms not lower than 55 deg. Clear the snow off all roofs, and out of all gutters. Proceed as far as practicable with the work recommended last week, and if you have hands who want employment give them a pick and let them turn heaps of frozen compost. All spare hands mn go to bed till it thaws.—Gardener's Gazette. MOVE VENT OF TROOPS FOR CANADA. --TWO companies of the Royal Artillery, under the command of Major Chalmers, embarked yesterday from the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, on board the Messenger, 2, steam transport, Master King, for Island Bridge, to relieve Lieut. - Colonel Wylde's and Major Stuart's companies, who are ordered to retur n im mediately to head-quarters, to fill the complement destined for Canada. They will go out under the command of Lieut.- Colonel Machlaehlan, C. B. It is the intention to lower the standard of recruits, who are under nineteen, to five feet five inches, and to permit them to offer themselves for a limited service of ten years. —Dublin Paper. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, Fer the Week ended Jan. 19, iii3B, made up from the Returns cf the :„,peetorsm the iiiiffcrcnt Cities and Towns in Englan.' and W alei, pfr Imperial 9ittirter. Ws. Iti. I Qats 2Bs. RI. I Rye lit" Wheatai ITir IgeERIAL ActiREU At's AtErtatitt di , ' Till SIR *Eris fitkektiiWtB; 543 Od.l Oats Barley DUTIES ON FOREIGN ciiror. Wheat 8ar1ey......... 19,. 104 ; It N it OANADA. - „ MR. HUME'S LETTER TO MR. MitnNZIE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. London, January 24, 1838. Men a tepott that part of tt letter addressed by Mr. Hume to Mi. M'kenfie, ili ifiji; tVag toad by Sir ftobett Feel in the Hotife of Commons lately, I think a rig}ft, being in Canada at the time ; and having a file of Canadian newspapers by me, to st , rid Yon a copy of the deigie Which molt pia66 in the Court of Commcn Council, Tofetitb, ott the subject of that lettei. Mt. M . Kenzie; the Mayor of Toronto, Mid fot the county of itrdik (Upper Canada), had been in Eng'and about eighteen Inimths, to apogd ihd SYPlts,iri of - lobbing pursued by the Tory pasty in Uppef nada ; and in the course Of hi:: he made the acqtrintance of Mr. Hunie; whom he acknowledges to have givdti Mitt great assistance in his etitteliVottrt td obtain justice for Canada. kettifn to thtf tidlony, he published a private letter (if ',;lf: flume's in (in June, 18345, ill Whifff there were strong expressions against the policy of- the Colonial Office, which he designated as a bane- Jut donination, and stated that he saw little chance of good ttowernment being Obtaltied in thti Province ; until ihe baneful influence was relliofed: When this letter was phillithed the Province was on the eve of a genetal el_ction, and great efforts were id he made to prevent Mr. M'Kentie 4 s reelection. He bad been seven times elected 1t the county of York, cOlifisting of 60,000 inhabitants, and every possible meithl it fire to be taken to injure him itt tilt pod opinion of his constituents, „ . At that time the people of the Upper Proeitier had never thought of a separation from the mother country, and the Tory party thought they could, by a forced eonstruction of Mr. Hume's letter, make it useful for a party purpose— as a charge against Mr: M`Kenzie, and thus injure hirrl at the election. The hireling Press abated their designs, with all the virulence and malicious spirit you see occasionally manifested in this country ; and every possible epithet was used against Mr. Mime s to in. jure Mr. Mackenzie, as a participator in Mr. Hume's sentiment, trti colonial misgovernment. To crown their endeavours, certain organs of the Tory party brought forward a motion of censure against Mr. Hume in the Town Council of Toronto. Here, however, they deceived themselves—the notion was rejected, and an amendment approving of Mr. Hume's sentiments, lri the only sense they could be applied, was passed by a considerable m•s jurity. But I send you the Paper in which the debate is reported, that you may the better understand the feelings of the parties at that time, and I hope the perusal will show to the People of England that the blame cast on Mr. Hume is altogether a party question here as in Upper Canada. I shall be satisfied to see the truth published, as I mix not with tither extreme party. I remain, Sir, yGur obedient Servant, AN UPPER CANADIAN. THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) tiuNotrtroili) MAttkEt 'Phis rel tan of severe weather operates against business generally here. fish today' was scarce and dear, here, as it *as every where else. coa, 2s. to Bs., 95., and 10s.; Turbot, 7s. to 224. and 435., and higher j So!es, Dd. to 2s per pair; Lobsters, 9d, to 2s. each. Meat prices, We should say, all round, nearly id. per lb. lower than our last quotations. Vege tables dear; and Hay and clover firm, NAY MAIIKETS.—( At re twill of 36 TrUstes.) CUMBERLAND. C ;am! heavy Lowland:Meadow Hay,... Sew Meadow Hay • •.• • Useful Old Ditto ••• F ;no Uphnti Meado , .v and Ryc-grass Hay Clover Hay 20 2 2 0 t Straw £1 18 to £2 0 1 Wheat Straw SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £4 15 t , .€5 0 Sew Meadow Hay Useita Old Ditto 5 0 5 5 Fine Upland Meadow mid Rye grass Hay .................. Clever Hay (extra fine ......I6 0 Generally .. ...... 5 5 515 Oat Straw ..• ...... £1 18 :, £I 181 Wheat 5traw............ 1 18 2 0 WHITECHAPEL. C iarse Meadow Hay £4 10 to £4 15 11 Ncw Meadow Hay 0 6 Useful Old Ditto .. 4 15 5 0 Fine Upland Meadow and rye-grass Hay Ii Clover Hay 5 0 6 Old Straw XI 14l Wheat Straw TALLOW AND OIL MARKET. P.Y.C., owing to the cold weather, is brisker and higher. To-day the quotation is 48:. ltd. There is no alteration in the market for Oils, from our report of yesterday. SPIRIT MARKET. There is not any great business doing in either English, Scotch, or Irish Spirits just now. The price is 9s. Bd. per gallon. Brandy secures a f sir usiness for home consumption ; Bordeaux 2s. sd. and 2s. 7d. ; Cognac, 2s. Sd. and 4s. ad. ; Geneva Is. 10d. and Is. I Id. ; Geneva Gin Is- and is. 7d. Rum is ♦ery firm, but very short in available stock , WOOL MARKET. Although Colonial Wool sells briskly at prices on the average 4d. to 40. per lb. higher than the prices of last public sale, still there is no ad. vance in either English or Foreign descriptions, the latter of which are now selling. The trade in these last descriptions is brisk, but they were at gocd prices when Colonial was low. There are more public sales of Colonial descriptions yet to come. COLONIAL MARKETS. To-day we have no public sales whatever in groceries of any kind ;by private contract there are only such transactions as necessity requires The market generally is languid ; and for to-morrow the salts are very light of East and West India produce consisting of a little Sugar and Coffee. B. P. Sugar is firmer, and secures more business. The fact is that gro cers are necessitated to buy, being short in stock. We cannot yet quote this commodity higher. Refined Sugar is little better than nominal at 38s Si!. for fine crushed. Tea is rather brisk, and may be regarded as a rising article. Rice, Coffee, Rum, Cocoa, Spices, and Cotton, continue as they were. Rum is particularly flan, owing to short stock. We have some sales of Canadian produce advertized, but not for to-day. The imports continue very insignificant, and the return of the frost has increased the previous inactivity of these markets in common with all others. The public sales to-day are chiefly drugs, which de not came on until the evening. CONCLUSION OF THE INDIGO SALE. The Sale is over. Out of the eight thousand and odd chests put up, but little above one-fourth has been sold. The great quantity bought in has been so at prices on the average 6d. per lb. above those of last Sale. The finest qualities have sold at last Sale's prices to 3d. per lb. advance. COAL MAI Per Ton. I I. i Howard's Netherton Main 22 0 yeaze's Main ord's Retlhugh South Hartley i:o 0 Vk ylam 22 3 Walls End };ell and Brown Walls End Clark and Ca. 2l 6 W a lls End Gosforth 2l 3 Wads End Heaton 24 0 Walls End Hotspur Ships arrived since ,KET.—Jan. 24 :Per Ton. E. d. Walls End • Newmarch 23 0 Walls End Northumberland 23 0 Walls End Belmont Walls End Bradtlyll's Hetton 25 ti Walls Eno Lambton '2s 9 Walls End Hartlepool 25 6 Walls End Haswell ...... 5. , 5 9 Wall. End Hatton t:4l 6 Walls End Tees 24 6 Walls End Seymour 24 nat. market-lay, 1 LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, JAN. 24. The demand for Cotton at this day's market was animated, but chiefly confined to middling qualities, which are id. per lb. dearer than on Saturday last. The fi ne sorts are without any alteration, either as to demand or value. American, 61d., Sid. ; 60 Bahia, Bid. ; 120 Egyp. tian, 91d., 9=d.; 80 Surat, 5d., bid. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have received the Journal du Commerce of Antwerp, of yester day's date, bringing the Dutch prices of Jan. 2.12. Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 63 3-16; Five per Cents., 100 3-11 ; Spanish, 19i. The dangerous illness of the King of Prussia, although kept a secret by the journals of Berlin, cannot be doubted, as it is now confirmed from several quarters. His illness is of that nature which will soon termi nate in his death, and will be the signalfor a great change in the Prussian Cabinet.—Antwerp Paper. As yet we have no papers or letters from the North American packet ship from New York, of the lst inst. In all probabilty, we may have them by the second arrival from Liverpool, about t velve or one o'clock. This is a great disappointment to the merchants and the public, who are anxiously waiting for the news from Canada. THE FUNDS. Conso!s did not close so firm as they were in the early part of yegter. day morning, when they reached left off at 917, 92 for the Account; opened this morning at the above price; Exchequer Bills, lid. per day, 55 57; India Bonds, 51 53; Bank Stock, 206 207; India Stock, 264 265. . . . In the Foreign Market there was again a report of a new Spanish Loan on the lapis, to which not much credit was attached ; also that the French Government was going to send them a million of money but the above report had not the effect to improve the Spanish Stock. Active closed at 191 4 with Coupons ; Portuguese closed heavy at 271 28i; Three per Cents., l7i 18}; Mexican, .24 27; Brazilian, 71i ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521 53h ; Colombian, 241 25i. Owing to the few arrivals this morning, and the prices not being re ceived from Paris, there is a stagnation in business both in the British and Foreign Markets. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, tank Stock ---- 064 61 3 per Cent. Red. 924% 3 per Cent. Cons 9IY 2 34 per Cent 1071' 4% Ditto Red lOO4 New 3% per Cent 92% 100 New 5 per Cent.. Bank Long Annuitiesto expire Jan. 5, 1860 15% I-I6 Oct. 10, 18.51) 14 15-16 Jan. 5, I'l6o Jan. 5,1 t in — April .), 1s Jan. 5,147 n — PRICF.S OF FOREIGN FUNDS A istrian Wings Belgian Itylds Ditto Account — Bratilian Rends ..... .. Ditto Account , 72 34 3 tt , ienos Ayres Bonds — Ditto Account .. ... — India Stock 294 Ditto Bonds South Sea Stock Old Annnities New Oath 3 pee Cent. Annuities, 1751 — Exch. Bills, £l,OOO 55 57 om Ditto 5OO 55 59 pm. Ditto Small — pm Ditto Commercial — pm Ditto Advertised — Bank Stock for Account lni stock for Account Coraok For Acconnt 91 THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds ' Ditto Account . ........ Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account Otto New Bongs D.tto Account I) tto, 3 per cent 1614 Bonds Ditto Account C ittrnbian Ronda ..... 23% Ditto A CCM.] I • C~lutnlnan Bonds, l 24......243 5 1 4 Ditto Account . Danish Bonds ... Ditto Account wreck Bonds. .. ............ Ditto Bonds, 1425 Prussian Bonds Rusa:an Bonita, 1821 lll \ Ditto Account Ritto Metallic. Spanish Bonds Ditto Account ...... Ditto 80nd5,1834 Dtta Account French, 5 per cent_ ... 1 75 4 per cent. Ditto ,'..count Mexican Bonia, 5 per cent — Ditto Account ...« ..... Ditto, 6 per cell Ottto Account.... 27 Nevulitm PRICES OF SHARES THI: ,pet 1 per e.nt. Exchange 2sf. 50 . Dutch, ‘.:Y per cent. iDitto Account Ditto, per cent 102!.44 Ditto Account DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Shari Rhymncy Iron Mining Company Dublin and Kilkenny Hallway Company (*rem. western Railway Company 65 t'l3 Brighton Railway Company 5 7 ; 8 104 London and Blackwall Railway London and Southampton Railway Company 5O 89 40 London and Southampton (New`, Railway 5 21 l 2 +ii.rcheater and Birmingham Railway 7 3 4 South Eastern and Dover Railway Company 7 5 1 ,i Colonial Bank Canada Company 23 :33 HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. Letter from Liverpool, Wednesday : —New York packet North Ame rica not yet arrived. The operations in the British Funds have been languid during the morning, owing to the speculators waiting to ascertain the news from Canada. Consols may be quoted 91i 92 for the Account; Exchequer Bills, 20., 55 57 prem. ; India Bonds, 52 prem. ; Bank Stock, 2013. In the Foreign Market the chief feature of operation was in the Brazil Stock, owing to the report of favourable news from Pernam. buceo. Brazil reached 731 74 ; since which it Aas receded to 72j 73; Spanish Active, 19 3-8 5-8 with Coupons ; Portuguese, 28 ; Three per Cents. 18 1 ,i ; Dutch, 53 ; Mexican, 27 ; London and Brighton Shares, 8 per share. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 91 I 9?,. Mr. M'Culloch, the distinguished political econo mist, is appointed Comptroller 'of the Stationery Office, in the place of 'Mr. Church, who has retired after a long period of able services. A Correspondent of the Scotsman says that half London has applied for the office of Secretary to Lord Durham. THE PERSIAN Plt INcEs.—Mr. J. Baillie Fraser, the celebrated oriental traveller, who, by direction of the Bri tish Government, remained with these Princes during their recent stay in London, and returned with them to Constanti nople, is about to publish a Narrative of their Residence in London, where they were received in the highest circles, and had the most favourable opportunities for viewing society in all its aspects. The Narrative will also embrace an account of their escape from Persia, which was accompanied by many remarkable adventures. TROOPS FOR CANADA.--The Pique frigate, com manded by the gallant Captain Boxer, was in the offing on Wednesday. She beat up from Santander in an almost in credibly short time, considering the state of the wind, having left on Saturday last. The Pique did not (as we expected she would) bring any of the British Legion, an overland dis patch having ordered her to leave the north of Spain with all poss:ble haste for this port, where she will embark the re mainder of the 93d Regiment and other troops for Canada ; the discretion being left with Captain Boxer to make Halifax or St. John's. --Cork Reporter. The P/tare of Dieppe mentions the following fatal accidents from the intensity of the cold in that part of the coun try, which have occurred within a few days :—An old sailor, w ho went to the heights of Pollet to catch larks, was found f ozen to death ; a surgeon of Longuevifle, who had been visiting patients, was seized by the cold within a short distance of his own house, and died on the highway ; and a fisherman, belong ing to Etrctat, having gone out to fish, was found dead in the cabin of his boat. - CITY TORONTO CORPORATION. City Council, Monday, June 9, 1834. Mr Gurnett, seconded by Mr. Dennison, moves, " That whereas a certain document has lately appeared in several of the journals of Up per Canada, dated Bryanstone-square, 29th March 1834, signed " Joseph Hume," and purporting to have been written by the representative of the County of Middlesex, in the Imperial Parliament, in which docu ment, the writer expresses an opinion that a crisis Is fast ap proaching in the afnirs of the Canada:, which will terminate in the in dependence and freedom from the baneful domination of the mother country : be it therefore resolved, by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Com. monalty of the City of Toronto, in Common Council assembled, that this Council feel themselves called upon, on their own behalf, and on the behalf of the inhabitants of the City which they represent ; as well, as they confidently believe they may:do, in behalf of the people of Upper Canada at large, to disavow in the most unqualified and decided manner the sentiments expressed in the above quotation from Mr. Home's letter, and to declare that whatever difference of opinion may exist among his Majesty's subjects in this Colony relative to political ques tions of a provincial or local nature, there is no portion of his Majesty's do minions, the inhabitants of which, as they have uniformly avowed and de clared, are more ardently attached to their Sovereign, and the institu tions of their mother country, than the people of Upper Canada, or who would more sincerely deprecate or more firmly resist any and all attempts to sevrr the existing connection between this colony and the empire to which it is related.." Dr. Monnison, seconded by Mr. Leslie, moves in amendment, that all be expunged in the whole of the original resolution, after the word moves, and the following inserted :—" That it be Resolved, that forced and unfair constructions have been attempted to be put upon the letter of Joseph Ilume, Esq., dated Bryanstone-square, 99th March, 1834, by those who are hostile to the correction of the abuses in the administra- tion of our Provincial affairs. " That the Electors of the County of York fully deserve the com mendation bestowed upon them by the great Reformer, for their con tinued firm and constant support of their representative upon his re peated unlawful expulsions from the Commons of Assembly, whose rash and unconstitutional conduct betrays a want of common sense and pru. dence, being a sacrifice of the greatest public principles, and an in vasion of the rights of the whole body of Electors in the Country. " That Mr. flume justly regards such conduct on the part of the Legislature, countenanced as it was, by the Crown Officers, and other Executive Functionaries in the Assembly, and unredressed by the exercise of the Royal Prerogative, as evidence of baneful and tyran nical domination, in which conduct it is both painful and injurious to find the Provincial Officials systematically upheld by the Minister at home against the pepple. ' " That Joseph flume, Esq., in desiring their independence and free dom from all such misrule, has no where expressed a desire to withhold from the people of this Province that protection from the mother country, which he has for years generously laboured to secure for them upon the principles of good Government and enlightened policy, and that he has evidenced the sincerity of his intentions by frequently repeated appeals to the Colonial Minister and the British House of Com mons for the redress of existing grievances. " That Mr. Hume's opinion of the Provincial Executive is justified by the solemn declaration of the people of this province through their representatives in a late Parliament, when they unanimously addressed the present Lieutenant-Governor in the following language, viz. : We feel unabated solicitude about the administration of public justice, and entertain a settled conviction that the continuance about your Ex cellency of those advisers who, from the unhappy policy they pursued, have long deservedly lost the confidence of the country, is highly inexpe dient, and calculated seriously to weaken the expectations of the people from the impartial and disinterested justice of his Majesty's Govern ment.' " That Mr. Hume justly recognizes in the proceedings of Mr. Stan ley, particularly his reinstatement into office of those who had been dis missed from the Provincial Councils by his more liberal and enlight ened predecessor, a disposition to encourage the enemies of reform in that ruinous policy, which mischievously tends to weaken the con fidence of the people in the justice and honour of the British Go. vernment. " That the wise suggestions of Mr. Flume, drawn from the fatal policy of the Parent State in unjustly attempting to tax the late Ame rican Colonies without their consent, and maintaining against them a system of misgovernment in spite of their repeated and humble re monstrances, are calculated, as they are by him generously intended, to secure for this Province exemption from the continuance of similar grievances and misrule. " That while they admit the great difficulty, if not total impractica bility for any stranger 4000 miles distant, to direct the affairs of this or any other country without being betrayed into fatal errors and misdoings, yet it is due to the Earl of Ripon and Lord 1-lowick, to recognize the jus tice and impartiality which distinguished their conduct before they were unhappily removed from the Colonial Department, and to declare the be lief of this Council that the people in no degree participate the contempt which was poured upon the former nobleman by the public functionaries in a late Session of the Provincial Parliament ; which contempt is appa rently countenanced by the reinstatement into office of two of those public officers by his wise, prudent, and conciliatory successor—and that copies of this resolution be transmitted to Mr. Stanley, Mr. Hume, Mr. Ellice, Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Roebuck, and the Earl of Ripon. The resolution proposed by Doctor Morrison was adopted 12 to 7. All the members of the Corporation were present for the first time. The Mayor neither voted nor took any part in the discussion ; of con sequence he concurred with the majority, so the Council may be con sideted as 13 to 7 as far as politics are concerned. For Dr. Morrison's resolution ♦oted, Messrs. Joseph Cawthra, Leslie, Bostwick, Arthurs, and Jacket, Tims, Wright, Drummond, Morrison, Turton, Doel, and Harper. Against it ♦oted Messrs. Denison, Gurnett, Craig, Armstrong, Munro, and Trotter. MEETING OF THE RADICAL ASSOCIATION. Last night a ♦ery numerous and highly respectable meeting, of the Radical Association of Marylebone,,cor.vened by hand bills, was held in the Mechanics' Institute, Circus-street, for the purpose of petitioning the House of Commons, that Duncan M'Neil and Patrick Robinson, Esqrs., advocates for the cotton spinners, be heard at the bar of the House in arrest of judgment in that case. At half-past seven Mr. Feargus O'Connor entered the room, and was greeted with hearty cheers, after which that gentleman was unanimously called to the chair. He opened the business in a speech of consider able length, pointing out the reason why the people of England should not rest satisfied with the verdict, or rather the opinion of one individual of a jury, that the men were guilty. He held Mr. O'Connell up to the mcst contemptuous scorn of his audience, and raised so strong a feeling against that gen tleman that the room resounded with groans at the mention of his name. Mr. O'Connor said, this is not a Whig question, it is not a Tory question—it is a money question. Mr. O'Connor stated several facts connected with the trial, which seemed to create a great feeling in favour of the Cotton Spin ners ; he strongly, and at considerable length, deprecated any application to the House of Commons for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into trades' associations; he said that it was a trick of the little middle class, who wished to appear with the people, but would join the big middle class; it was concocted by some fellows who wished to have an op portunity of substituting a political trickery instead of the substantial protection which trades' association afforded to trade. He said that the people may have Wakley for Chair man, but one swallow did not make a summer, that not a single virtue of any association would appear in evidence, while a blot, the slightest blot most remotely connected, would furnish a justification, for a stringent code of laws, to suppress combination. Mr. O'Connor spoke at considerable length upon the state of trade in Dublin, and concluded an able and powerful appeal amid long-continued cheering. Mr. Savage then came forward to move that the following petition be signed by the Chairman, and adopted as the petition of the meeting. That room, he said, had been the place where wholesome agitation had commenced, and many an eloquent speech from the Chair man had been allowed to echo through the street, but could not find its way to the press. He fully agreed with the petition, and therefore moved its adoption. The Chair man then read the petition, which was received with great ap plause. Dr. Webb, in a short and pithy address, seconded its adoption, which was unanimously acquiesced in, after which it was moved and seconded that the petition be sent to Mr. Wakley for presentation, and that Sir S. Whalley and Mr. Hall be requested to support the prayer. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, accompanied with hearty cheers, and the meeting separated much satisfied with the proceedings. To the Right Hon. and Hon. the Knights Citizens and Burgesses of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament as cembled. The petition of the Great Radical Association of London, unani mously adopted at a full meeting of that body, sheweth, that your peti tioners learn with sorrow that a sentence of seven years' transporta tion has been passed upon the Cotton Spinners of Glasgow, for offences many of which were committed antecedently to some of the accused being members of the Association, generally charged in the indictment as illegal. That Trades' Associations will at once and for ever cease, when the necessity for their existence shall be determined by an Act of the British Legislation, making the House of Commons, instead of the Trades' Committee Rooms, the place of representation of the whole of the people of this empire —that Trades' Associations have been esta blished in order to oppose the dominant power which the representatives of capital have acquired in your Honourable House, and that they will necessarily be continued so long as a monied qualification remains the test for judging of representative fitness. Your petitioners further beg to direct the attention of your Honourable House to the following facts, ruirtiefi; that the fury filiWiF in Scotland difror from those of every other tlettien of the vast dOmitiloas under the controul of the British Legislature, and that, inasninch as the majority of a Scottish jury decide the queition of guilt of int - toe:ince as regards judgment, we, your ileflfA 4 ners, cannot avoid feeling some jealousy at the fact of the ,pinners being don l'lCteci,. by a mere majority of one of a Jury consist ing of fifteen persons, and seletted from a list of sixty-five persons, five of whom addressed applications to the law agents for the prisoners, request ing (13 lie eveused as jurors, in consequebee• of the prejudice which the public presti had created in their minds. Your petitioners further beg ]cave to remind youir Honourable House, that for many months the Pregg circulated opinions as to the guilt of the spinners, especially with regard to the Murder of Smith, of which they were unanimously ac quitted by the jury ; and that such reports were very much calculated to thpfive the prisoners of an impartial ttial, Your petitioners also beg to remind ;kir Honourable House, that barristers are not frequently ifs the habit of interfering with their clients after judgment ; but that ten of the most enlightened and distinguished advocates of Ik e Scottish bar, together With seven of the jury, have signed an addivot to her Majesty, praying for an arrest of judgment in the case of 'the spinnell, That the trial lasted for eight days, during which long period seven of the jUrOrs saw no reason for finding the prisoners guilty . i reu any one of the many counts on which they stood charged— that tha majority of the jury evinced gross ignorance, by con victing the' prisoners upon the tenth count in the indictment, and acquitting them tipaa the fifth count ; in both of' which counts the crime; charged were the Fame, but differently coloured ; the prisoners were charged in the Indictment with acts spread over a period of nitre than twenty years, some of them not being thirty years of age; and the peOplc of this country cannot be reconciled to the justice of the sentence, which has been passed, not upon a deliberate Vertliet, but upon the opinion of one man. This meeting de ' flies the dspersions so lavishly heaped upon Trades' Associa tions generally, While they admit, that there is a rabble of the trade, as there is a rabble of the Lords, a rabble of the Aristocracy, bkt your petitioners do sot say that there is a rabble of your Honourable House, to whom your petitioners now pray that your Honourable House will be pleased, in order that the ends of justice may be attained, to hear Duncan 111'Neil and Patrick Robinson, Esqs., Advocates for the prisoners, at the bar of your Honourable House, with a view to have an impartial I.oaring of the whole case, so that those wh• now doubt the guilt of the prisoners may be satisfied that your Honourable House is really that tChunal to which the people should look fur a proper construction of your own laws. Your petitioners further pray that your Honourable House will be graciously pleased to assimilate the Scottish Jury laws to the Jury laws of England. ANOTHER ACCOUNT, FROM A CORRESPONDENT. A Public Meeting of the Great St. Marylebone Radical Associations was held last night, at the Matanics' Institution Tavern, Circus-street, New-road. FeAntas. , s O'CoNNoR, Esq., In the Chair. The CHAIRMAN stated that they were assembled to petition the House of Commons in behalf of flee cotton-spinners of Glasgow, who, after a trial of seven days, had been convicted by a majority of only one, out of a Jury of fifteen, of illegal combination to raise their wages, and were now in the Hulks at Woolwich, doomed to work in chains to their waists in water for seven years. The people of England were ignorant of the real facts of the case, from the garbled reports of a hireling press. The people of Scotland, who had a great horror of the crime of murder, had been prejudiced by reports that the men were murderers, and then they were tried by laws supported by the bayonet, and not by the will of the people, and that was tyranny. On the Jury there were seven good men who voted for an acquittal, and eight ignorant ones who found them guilty. He begged leave to say the majority were ignorant, because even the Judge was compelled to acknowledge their stupidity and, in part, annul the verdict, which found the prisoners not guilty on the third count and guilty on the tenth, when, in fact, the two counts were identical, only being techni cally varied.— (Hear.) He had sat in Committee with these men, who were as respectable as any of the people of England—as any of the work ing classes whose cause lie had long advocated. By the people of England he meant the producing millions—the men of bones, sinews, with fustian jackets, whose hands were hardened and blistered by their ill-requited toil; and yet five of these men were coademned by eight prejudiced capitalists, out of a Jury of fifteen.—(Shame.) He had a right to speak warmly on this subject, for he had travelled from York shire to Edinburgh, from Edinburgh to Lancashire and to London, to souse I he people in defence of their oppressed brethren whose cause had cost him at least one hundred pounds out of his own pocket—(Cheers.) and it was to prevent the necessity of such sacrifices he called npon them to exert themselves, and support a petition, very mild in its language and merely praying that two Scotch Barristers should be heard at the Bar of the House of Commons, in behalf of the Glasgow Cotton-spin ners, before their sentence is carried into effect—(Cheers.) Mr. SAVAGE rose to propose the petition. He alluded to the efforts he had made in the cause of the working.classes, and condemned their apathy in not coming forward in greater numbers, and paying the expences of the meetings that are held to promote their interest. He condemned, in •ery strong terms, the indecent haste of the Whig Ministers to carry into effect the sentence on the Dorchester la bourers, who were not yet pardoned.—(A voice, " They have not come home.") No, said he, and they never will; and now these men, con victed only on the minor charges by a majority of only one, and acquitted unanimously on all the capital and important charges, are to be transported, while the Orange conspirators and traitors are al- lowed to escape, and all prosecution abandoned.—(Cheers.) He earnestly called upon them to support the petition, and, by contri buting according to their means, to indemnify the Chairman, who was responsible for the expenses of the meeting, the room being given free by their old friend and brother.workman, Mr. Goldspink, the present landlord—(Cheers)—secure the opportunities of future meetings and future exertions of their friends.—(Chscrs.) Dr. WEBB said it gladdened his heart to be called upon to second the petition. He did [IA partake of the desponding views of Mr. Savage, when he recollected, and Mr. Savage ought to recollect, what had been done in this parish by the perseverance of meetings a great deal smaller than this. He was warranted in the sanguine hope that this assembly would be a nest.egg for many more, and vastly more numerous. He was doubtful whether he ought to take part in this cause, as the working men had lately adopted a plan of censuring his order, and declaring they would do their own work without any assistance. Even the Chair man had condemned all who were not working men, all whose hands were not blistered by toil. He had always advocated the interests of the working men to his own ruin disinterestedly, although he was not a workingman, although his hands were never blistered, except by rowing his sweet heart about on the Thames when a boy.—(Cheers and laughter.) Ha wanted them to be better oft' than himself, and to get their living as easily ; for, by the aid of machinery and good laws, all the necessaries, comforts, and luxuries, even of life might be produced for all, with very little manual labour; and in advocating their rights he was, in fact, advocating the interest of his own children, and therefore they ought to get all the aid they could from the middle-classes, for their interests were really the same.—(Cheers.) On the last meeting here a combination was formed to prevent him speaking, but he did not attempt it, as he did not care, well knowing that a fair discussion would not be allowed—(Cries of " Question")—this is the question. The Chairman has said the Canada question is a question of labour; but he maintained it was a question of capital and aristocracy, the aristocracy of Canada against the aristocracy of Eng land ; the state of the meeting proved it. The meeting was full of tradesmen, and the hustings full of gentlemen ; but now they were all absent—(Cheers)--because this meeting is to protect labour.—(Cheers ) He had not a bit of land as big as his hand to grow a potatoe in Eng land. The aristocracy possessed it all, how he need not say ; and the Canadians wanted to keep all that land do themselves, and prevent the Poor of England getting a handful —(Cheers.) That was the question. Had justice been intended they would not have called a hired agent to the chair. Had they meant justice they would not have invited Mr. Roe buck to attend, but have selected an impartial Chairman. To re turn to the immediate business. He recollected the horrid murders that took place at the Old Bailey, some years ago, for the blood-money of forty pounds, when that reward was given, on capital convictions; and knowing what human nature is, he thought a great deal more might be done for 600/.—(Hear, hear.) The jury too, was partial. England had a character for justice abroad, because a foreigner had the choice of being tried by a jury of half foreigners, and half English ; but they' treated these men worse, they were not tried by half workmen, and halt . masters, but by all capitalists ; otherwise they must have been acquitted, as there was only a majority of one against them. He knew the tyran nical nature of Scotch Law, but did not think it could range over a period of twenty years. If this system continued, his sons might be hung in 1858, because he was at a Radical meeting in 1838. But he hoped, their efforts would be successful, and obtain for labour the full share it was entitled to of the wealth they produced. He cordially seconded the petition.—(Cheers.) . . , It was then moved and carried, that the petition be presented by Mr. \Yakley, and the Members for the Borough be requested to support it ; and after the thanks of the meeting had been voted to the Chairman and he had returned thanks, the meeting separated. LICENSED VICTUALLER'S SCHOOL. GRAND BALL AT THE CROWN AND ANCHOR. Yesterday evening a grand ball took place at the Crown and Anchor, for the purpose of increasing the fund for the re building of that splendid and unrivalled edifice, the Licensed Victuallers' School, in Kennington-lane. The Governor, Trustees., and Committee of the Incorporated Society of Licensed Victuallers met at an early hour for the purpose or making the necessary arrangements ; and soon afterwards the company bagan to arrive in numbers infinitely beyond their expectation. The cold and inclement weather which has lately prevailed, naturally tended to prevent a greater assemblage than that Which was witnessed; but the hundreds who were present testified, lo the most ample manner, their earnest de sire to forward the benevolent object for which the ball had been instituted. A great number of the past Chairmen and Trustees were present, as also the first Governor of the Incor prated Society, Mr. Corby—and we have no hesitation in adding, that we have never seen a ball conducted with greater propriety, or attended by more respectability, than that of which wel now take notice. The ladies were handsomely dressed—the gentlemen equally so—and the dance went its round, not only to the satisfaction, but to the pleasure of all parties. Mr. Besse]] was the Master of the Ceremonies, and ar ranged the quadrilles and contre-danses in the most admirable order.. Mr. Wallis's quadrille hand was in excellent humour, and gave infinite satisfaction to all present. The ball room was admirably lighted—five splendid chan deliers were suspended in it; and it is but justice to the pro prietors to add that every comfort, in the shape of refresh ment, was afforded by them. The merry party did not break up till a late hour; but har mony and good feeling prevailed from the first to the last. HOUSE OF COMMONI ON MONDAY The interest excited by the expected appearance of Mr. Roe buck at the bar of the Bouse of Commons, to plead the cause of the French Canadians on Monday night, nas the most in tense ever witnessed since the debates on the Reform Bill. Immediately on the doors being opened the gallery was filled by " strangers" who had procured Members' orders. Numbers were forced in, and the passages were lined with less fortunate individuals who had also Members' orders, but were not permitted to use them until some of the previous occu pants came out, for which they waited with long and anxious expectation—but, alas, fruitlessly. The lobby was also full , and gentlemen who were honoured with admissions from the Speaker rapidly arrived to take their seats behind the bar. Before the list was half exhausted the Westminster Boys came pouring in, and having the privilege from being " Queen's scholars," of an entrance to the [louse, they soon filled up the seats which the succeeding applicants with the Speakers' per mission were politely told by the door-keepers they could not take. It was "first come, first served." Peers and Com moners in vain made application for their sons and friends. Sir W. Gossett, the Serjeant.at- Arms, stood himself at the door, to superintend the admissions. Among those who were success ful ly coming early might be seen—the Earl of. Aberdeen, the Earl of Durham, the Russian Ambass,idor, with some queer looking attaches, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and Lord Falk land. Mr. Roebuck, before he spoke, was continually passing to and fro with books and papers, and two gentlemen having the appearance of foreigners were assisting him.